Kallaṭa
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Kallaṭa was an early Kashmiri Shaiva philosopher and disciple of Vasugupta, best known for his influential commentary on the Spanda Karikas that helped systematize the Spanda school of non-dual Shaivism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kallaṭa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6977421 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kallaṭa Context triple: [Spanda Karikas, hasCommentaryBy, Kallaṭa]
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A.
Kalsa
Kalsa is a historic district of Palermo, Italy, known for its Arab-Norman heritage, medieval streets, and vibrant cultural life.
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B.
Katurian
Katurian is the troubled fiction writer at the center of Martin McDonagh’s dark play "The Pillowman," whose disturbing stories become entangled with a series of real-life crimes.
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C.
Wattala
Wattala is a densely populated suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, located just north of Colombo and known as a residential and commercial hub along the main road to Negombo.
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D.
Katchal
Katchal is a dialect of the Nicobarese language spoken by the indigenous community on Katchal Island in India’s Nicobar Islands.
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E.
Kutiyana
Kutiyana is a town in the Porbandar district of Gujarat, India, known historically as a local trading and administrative center.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kallaṭa Target entity description: Kallaṭa was an early Kashmiri Shaiva philosopher and disciple of Vasugupta, best known for his influential commentary on the Spanda Karikas that helped systematize the Spanda school of non-dual Shaivism.
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A.
Kalsa
Kalsa is a historic district of Palermo, Italy, known for its Arab-Norman heritage, medieval streets, and vibrant cultural life.
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B.
Katurian
Katurian is the troubled fiction writer at the center of Martin McDonagh’s dark play "The Pillowman," whose disturbing stories become entangled with a series of real-life crimes.
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C.
Wattala
Wattala is a densely populated suburban town in Sri Lanka’s Western Province, located just north of Colombo and known as a residential and commercial hub along the main road to Negombo.
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D.
Katchal
Katchal is a dialect of the Nicobarese language spoken by the indigenous community on Katchal Island in India’s Nicobar Islands.
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E.
Kutiyana
Kutiyana is a town in the Porbandar district of Gujarat, India, known historically as a local trading and administrative center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kashmiri Shaiva philosopher
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commentator ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Kashmir Valley ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Trika Shaivism
ⓘ
linked to:
Trika school of Kashmir Shaivism
|
| associatedWork |
Spanda Kārikās
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanda Karikas
|
| belongsTo |
Kashmir Shaiva lineage
ⓘ
linked to:
Kashmir Shaivism
|
| discipleOf | Vasugupta ⓘ |
| doctrine |
Spanda (vibration) doctrine
ⓘ
non-dual consciousness ⓘ |
| era | early medieval period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indian philosophy
ⓘ
Shaiva theology ⓘ commentarial literature ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| influenced | later Kashmir Shaiva authors ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commentary on the Spanda Kārikās
ⓘ
systematizing the Spanda school ⓘ |
| languageOfWorks | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
dynamic aspect of ultimate reality
ⓘ
nature of consciousness ⓘ |
| philosophicalOrientation |
non-dual Shaivism
ⓘ
linked to:
Kashmir Shaivism
|
| philosophicalSchool |
Spanda school
ⓘ
linked to:
Pratyabhijñā school
|
| region | Kashmir ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Kashmir Shaivism
ⓘ
Shaivism ⓘ |
| studentOf | Vasugupta ⓘ |
| teacher | Vasugupta ⓘ |
| traditionRole | early systematizer of Spanda thought ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kallaṭa Description of subject: Kallaṭa was an early Kashmiri Shaiva philosopher and disciple of Vasugupta, best known for his influential commentary on the Spanda Karikas that helped systematize the Spanda school of non-dual Shaivism.
Referenced by (1)
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